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Old Jun 27, 2003 | 07:11 AM
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Originally posted by vtecaccord01
35% tint all around. Sorry no pics yet.
2% tint???? Damn can he see anything?
During the day I can see as good as a car with 35% tint, at night its kinda like 5-10%, lol Yes it sucks... But if their is light where I am I can see out fine, just if their is no light I cant.

The tint is strange though, from the inside its not to dark, but I LOVE it, and outside you cant see nothing inside the car, even at night when I turn my inside lights on you just see a LITTLE glow from where the light is but nothing else...

I have had tint sense March and so far no ticket, I drive with my windows down a lot at night because its cool at night so why waste gas on the AC... During the day its not biggie really...

But I live in FL, so hey, eithe im lucky or Orlando cops are nice and I hope it stays this way...

Anyway how much would my tickey be about if I get pulled over for tint?
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Old Jun 27, 2003 | 01:27 PM
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Hey BigB2k3, nice car!!! You may want to move that amp off the sub box. I had 2 different Kenwood amps from customers litterally get the traces knocked off the circuit boards from doing that.

--Just a tip.
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Old Jun 27, 2003 | 03:14 PM
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First off....black cars rule.
However, any black car becomes twice as cool with a nice tint job. I have 20% in the back and 35% on the two front windows, and it looks pretty solid. At night it's a little hard to see out the rear section but the front windows are fine.
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Old Jun 27, 2003 | 03:47 PM
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i think the only type of tinting that looks good is black.. some cars have purple tinting, like the previous owner put on my car... ugly as shit. i hate it. mirror tinting is ugly, too.

anyways, mirror tinging can severly reduce the effectiveness of a radar detector, if you ever plan on using one. regular tinting can hinder a radar detector also, but not as much, and it should be fine if you don't go too dark.
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Old Jun 29, 2003 | 09:36 AM
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Originally posted by mayonaise
i think the only type of tinting that looks good is black.. some cars have purple tinting, like the previous owner put on my car... ugly as shit. i hate it. mirror tinting is ugly, too.

anyways, mirror tinging can severly reduce the effectiveness of a radar detector, if you ever plan on using one. regular tinting can hinder a radar detector also, but not as much, and it should be fine if you don't go too dark.
It must be that the tint was originally black but after years if the previous owner had it for many years it will sometimes turn purple.
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Old Jun 29, 2003 | 02:56 PM
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i live in tn where 35% is legal. mine is 5% on the rear window & 20% on all 4 doors. had an accident a few months ago where an 18-wheeler side-swiped me.

the state trooper that came out do do the accident report bent down & looked thru the rear window, turned to me & shook his head side to side & kinda chuckled, but didn't write me up for them.

a friend that is a local cop told me that the only thing they worry about is not being able to see in the car. i was pulled over for speeding 2 weeks ago @ night. they put that spotlight on the rear window & could see thru. i also made it a point to roll ALL 4 windows down before the cop came up to the car so he could see in. he told me he would've wrote me up for the tint if i hadn't done that.

as some have mentioned, it does keep the car MUCH cooleer with the windows tinted.





PLEASE don't mention the tails. two different set, both were gifts & are being taken off & replaced with the factories once my spray-tint comes in from testors & i get 'em tinted. :fawk:
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Old Jun 29, 2003 | 09:01 PM
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I only got pulled over once when I was driving up thru South Carolina. State Troopers there got stick up their @ss. Just pulled me over cuz of the tints, asked a bunch of questions, and "let me off with a warning" (yeah, right, got nuthin' on me)
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Old Jun 29, 2003 | 09:53 PM
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If I could go back in time, I wouldn't do 5% again, even on the back window, it just hampers so much visibility that it's not really worth it for the extra lil kewl-factor look of superdark tint. I did a horrendous job on the rear tint anyway, so I think I'm gonna go with 35%, that's my 2 cents, show us pics on what you choose man!
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Old Jun 29, 2003 | 09:57 PM
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i get mine tinted on jul thrid, prolly going 25%
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Old Jun 29, 2003 | 10:44 PM
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i'll have pics soon..but i have a 95 accord too..black w/ gray leather..i have 35% all around..and it's really makes the car stand out (in a good way)..i say go for it!
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